- Licensed to break law
Car licence plates have become a symbol of utter disregard for law where plates are tampered with by using varying typefaces, and design their numbers violating the existing rules that strictly prohibit such practices.
In the wake of increasing numbers of fatal street accidents and vehicle thefts, traffic police officers say altering the plates makes it [...] (local) - Kuwait to invest more
The State of Kuwait is eager to provide all-out support for different development projects of Bangladesh and expand the bilateral trade between the two Muslim countries.
The assurances came when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid separate calls on Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed [...] (local) - 25 lakh ultra poor families to get rice at Tk 22
With Open Market Sales (OMS) hardly stabilising rice prices, the government in yet another move yesterday decided to introduce fair price cards for 25 lakh ultra poor families across the country.
Under the programme, families with no permanent income or land and not enlisted for any social safety net programmes would receive 20 kilogrammes of rice [...] (local) - Roads blocked, dues demanded
Several hundred demonstrating garment workers yesterday suspended vehicular movement for four hours on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Tongi, Gazipur.
Meanwhile, in another incident in Ashulia cadres allegedly of the ruling party attacked garment factory Crystal Composite Ltd and vandalised its machinery, windowpanes and injured at least 30 people, including the factory owners. The factory was allegedly [...] (local) - No autopsy for 2 days as doctor not available
The autopsy of a body could not be performed even after two days at Faridpur Medical College Hospital as no doctor was available for the job.
The relatives of the deceased hailing from College Para of Bhanga upazila of the district passed last two days with the body at the morgue.
Feroz Hossain, brother of deceased, [...] (local) - Secretaries to visit dists to see dev work
Secretaries of the government at a meeting yesterday decided to work in a coordinated way to speed up the administrative activities for fully implementation of its development programmes.
The meeting, held at the cabinet division of the Secretariat, decided to prepare a detail work plan to fulfil targets set by the government in food, energy, healthcare, [...] (local) - Performance, not politics, to get MPO
The monthly pay order (MPO) facility would be provided to the non-government educational institutions on the basis of performance index not on political consideration, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday.
“A bad practice of giving political consideration has been developed under this process?but we will maintain transparency in bringing the institutions under the MPO,” he [...] (local) - AL grassroots demand new committees
Pointing to a staggering lack of coordination within the party, leaders of Barisal district, city and upazila units Awami League and its associated bodies yesterday demanded formation of new committees at the grassroots tiers.
They alleged that the party activities have come to a standstill since AL-led government came to power in January last year.
While [...] (local) - Court ruling sparks mixed reactions
A recent High Court verdict brought the Warrant of Precedence into the centre of discussion as its longstanding practice would be changed if the government revises the current precedence following the court verdict.
The HC verdict, which declared the existing Warrant of Precedence illegal and void on Thursday, sparked mixed reaction among people in the judicial [...] (local) - Hosts? gold rush
t was a gold rush for Bangladesh on the tenth day of the 11th South Asian Games yesterday. And believe it or not the ladies picked up more than the men on a day Bangladesh crossed their previous best effort in the regional showpiece event by winning six gold — an astonishing four in karate, [...] (local)
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